Spidy Wasch

A bit of free association, or rambling, as it is more widely known.

Wellington vs Glasgow Rangers’ International Brigadiers, and the origins of “No pasarán” and “No surrender”

Nominations for the noblest British fighter in a Spanish war, and speculative revisions of the history of two idiot idioms.

4 comments, including boynamedsue: There's a Glasgow prod Communist mason character in the Irivine Welsh book "glue" (section set in th

The coming and going of the gypsies

Yo, el vaquilla, quinqui cinema, and the usual political whining.

3 comments, including Trevor: They're guiris in tourist locations in Castelldefels, Sitges etc but played by locals, if the accent

Monkey hangers in 17th century Barcelona

Xenophobic atavism in the 1640 Reapers Revolt.

Elections (brothels, Nazis), corruption, Girona airport shuttle, an Andalusian lexicon

Link love for 05/06/2009.

2 comments, including Tom: "the alternative comprises Stalinists, anti-Semites, and the IRA" - yeah, and anti-Stalinists. That

Specs on the beach

I do hate to be beside the seaside, unless it’s raining.

1 comment, including The DG: Bar proximity is a year-round issue, not just beach holidays. But, there are drawbacks. The quid pro

More than a bar

Advertising on the cheap, and the joys of squatting.

Nationalism and the European elections, Berlusconi and the intra-Mediterranean risorgimento

Link love for 01/06/2009.

Link sink for 30/05/2009

Mid-20th century Ibero-American hits, state-controlled media, the personal and the public.

Link sink for 28/05/2009

Drinking, driving, cursing.

2 comments, including Trevor: Collons is just so crappy.

Commental asylum

Das Scroll und Scream Kitschin' Kabinett des Dr Kalebeul

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Shorts

Congolese children singing the anthem of Athletic

Some corner of a foreign football pitch that is for ever Bilbao, and I hope they got fed afterwards:

The original strikes me as thoroughly Teutonic:

Let’s not kid ourselves any longer: everything interesting, from nachos to nationalism, was invented by the Germans. Fortunately they tend to be generous about using the proceeds to mitigate the resulting damage.

6 comments, including Trevor: [Explanatory note: In a reflection of the racist derivation of Basque nationalism, Athletic de Bilba

Hand-made corporate logos

If phone companies don't provide window stickers, Pakistani shopkeepers may have a go themselves.

Phone shop in Barcelona's Raval district.

On this day

Barcelona

July 4 1356 Empieza á correr la fuente de la plaza de S. Jaime.
July 4 1525 Grande y estraordinario terremoto.
July 4 1751 Comienza sus operaciones el Monte pio de Ntra. Señora de la Esperanza.